Speaking at a White House Forum on Women and the Economy on April 6, President Obama said that earlier in his career Michelle Obama continued to work because "we didn't have the luxury for her not to work." That was FIVE DAYS BEFORE Hilary Rosen accused stay-at-home mom Ann Romney of "never working a day in her life" and tweeting that, "most young American women HAVE to BOTH earn a…
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Treasury Secretary Geithner
David Gregory, Meet the Press : “In terms of the President’s stewardship of the economy – this is a success story?”
Tim Geithner, Treasury Secretary : “…Absolutely. This President’s (economic) policies were remarkably successful.”
Reality
Source: Department…
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Joe Biden Quote
Did Biden say it when the U.S.
unemployment rate was…?
Correct Answer
“The latest reports from the job market show yet another disappointingly small…
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Washington, DC – Today, Committee on Ways and Means Human Resources Subcommittee Member Congressman Berg (R-ND), Ranking Member Doggett (D-TX), along with Chairman Davis (R-KY) and all of the Members of the Human Resources Subcommittee introduced the “International Child Support Recovery Improvement Act of 2012.” The legislation, which incorporates recommendations offered at a…
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Congressman Geoff Davis (R-KY), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Human Resources of the Committee on Ways and Means, announced today that the Subcommittee will hold a hearing on no-cost improvements to the child support enforcement (CSE) program. The hearing will take place on Tuesday, March 20, 2012 in 1100 Longworth House Office Building, beginning at 2:00 P.M.
In view of…
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Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) issued the following statement on the House Republican Budget Resolution introduced by Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI).
“A budget is a vision for America, and the President’s budget envisions more debt, more spending and will leave future generations buried under a government that is too big and that…
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Today we will review several no-cost ways to improve the nation’s child support enforcement program so more children benefit from child support. These changes should have broad bipartisan support, and hopefully can proceed to the House floor in the coming weeks.
The child support enforcement program was created in 1975 in order to reduce public expenditures on welfare. By…
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Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) released the following statement in reaction to the February jobs report from the U.S. Department of Labor. A net total of 227,000 jobs were created and the unemployment rate for February was unchanged at 8.3 percent.
"While there is some good news in this report, it is hard to celebrate while so many…
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Washington, DC – New flexibility for states to run their unemployment programs has been on the books for barely a week and one state is already taking advantage of the reforms. On February 24, 2012, Texas became the first state to seek a federal waiver that would allow state unemployment funds to pay for reemployment programs. This waiver authority is being made available to states…
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